Can you tell a “professional visitor” from “someone who really wants to get business done?”

Have you ever met someone, had a brief discussion, then afterwards wondered . . .

· What was her/his name again?

· What did he/she say she did?

· Why would I care?

· Did he/she want something?

There are those that dive into a well-rehearsed elevator pitch....like a runaway train, full speed ahead without regard or understanding of where they are going.

Some people believe in the “throw enough crap at the wall something will stick” approach to selling. But when you are selling yourself, what you do or how you get it done, this method can just leave a real mess to clean up later.

Many business professionals look for business in an Apple Orchard when they should be in the Orange Grove. Would you know if you were in the right place?

When marketing your business to your peers, associates and potential clients they need to be excited to do business with you. Not just know what you do.

In this 3.5 – 4 hour workshop:

· You will learn how to market your business and build a team of strategic sales professionals that work together.

· Take a quick tour of where you are at now.

· Map out your business and strategic partners - creating clarity like never before.

· Create a concise marketing plan and set goals.

· Learn how to effectively work an event and capitalize on every opportunity.

· Many people think business networking is Facebook, LinkedIn or You Tube what role do they play in making connections?

· We will tie in Social Networking with Business Conventional Networking and how they work together.

We will learn how to capitalize on the 78% peer recommendation for your products and services.

After this workshop you will have a clear, concise understanding of how to market and communicate your business.

Mon, 21 Jan 2019 15:46:12 +0000Silicon Valley has a problem saying thank youOne Silicon Valley chief executive thinks that saying thank you is far more complicated and can be actively destructive. But the act of saying thank you is a vastly under-rated activity.

Mon, 21 Jan 2019 15:37:10 +0000These local neighborhoods are attracting college grads (Slideshow)Neighborhoods near universities are drawing graduates. In the Sacramento region, the two areas with the highest percentage of people 25 or older with bachelor's degrees are both centered around University of California Davis, in the 95616 Davis ZIP code and the 95618 El Macero ZIP code.
Of the 21,803 people over the age of 25 living in the 95616 neighborhood, 74.3 percent of them have bachelor’s degrees, while 72.9 percent of the over-25 population of El Macero have one.
The next areas on the…

Sun, 20 Jan 2019 16:00:00 +0000Snap ousted heads of security, HR over affair with contractorNew details have emerged about why Snap Inc.’s head of HR is leaving the company.
Amid a string of recent executive departures was the previously unreported exit of Francis Racioppi, who served as director of global security. Racioppi was fired after an investigation into an alleged inappropriate relationship with an outside contractor, reported The Wall Street Journal.
The probe by law firm Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher found that Racioppi had had an affair with a woman he had hired to do work for…

Sat, 19 Jan 2019 00:36:23 +0000Flick picks: Nicole Kidman destroys in ‘Destroyer’Still slowly rolling out to theaters since its Christmas Day release — and kind of getting buried in the awards season discussion — is “Destroyer” featuring a transformative performance by Nicole Kidman.
Transformative in that the glamorous actress with a porcelain complexion here appears as an LAPD detective ravaged by time and regret and a mean drinking habit, with splotchy wrinkled skin, stained teeth and a once-broken nose — not unrecognizable, but fascinatingly metamorphosed by makeup…

Fri, 18 Jan 2019 23:00:53 +0000Bay Area health-care organization reaches $610 million deal to sell four hospitalsNonprofit healthcare system Verity Health has reached a potential breakthrough in its Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings with an agreement to sell four of its six hospitals for $610 million to a group based in Southern California.
Two of the four hospitals in Verity Health’s asset purchase agreement with KPC Group are located in Northern California. Seton Medical Center is in Daly City, and its sister facility Seton Coastside is found down the coast in Moss Beach.
The other two hospitals in the…